Economy and Demographics

Question 1

Major exports?

Answer 1

Cut diamonds,

high-tech equipment (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber optics),

pharmaceuticals,

machinery,

software.

Question 2

2016 GDP?

Answer 2

1,224 billion NIS ?
$333 billion ?

($311) #35 in world

($297 PPP)

Question 3

US-Israel 2016 Imports / Exports?

Answer 3

$22.2 / $13.2 million

$9 million deficit

Question 4

Population?

Answer 4

8.63 million (2017 New Years)
~75% Jewish
~21% Arab
~4% Other

~2% growth in 2016

Question 5

Immigrants?

Answer 5

Between Independence Day 2015-2016, 36,000 new immigrants.

France (25%), the Ukraine (24%), Russia (23%), and the United States (9%) most common

Question 6

Ages?

Answer 6

28. % of the population was aged 0-14 while only 10.3% were older than 65 years of age. OECD average is 18.5% (0-14) and 15% (65+)
29. 7 median age

Question 7

Gender?

Answer 7

98 men per 100 women

Question 8

Urban population?

Answer 8

92%

Question 9

Poverty line?

Answer 9

23.6% poverty rate

Question 10

Big Mac Index

Answer 10

Dollar price - $4.45

Question 11

GDP per capita PPP?

Answer 11

$31969.54

$32k

Question 12

Unemployment?

Answer 12

~5%

Question 13

Deficit in 2016?

Answer 13

50.2 billion NIS

$13.2 billion

Imports ~249.8 billion NIS
Exports ~199.6 billion NIS

Question 14

Life expectancy?

Answer 14

82.5 years on average

8th highest in world

Question 15

Literacy rate?

Answer 15

97.8%

Question 16

Education?

Answer 16

16 years expected

4th highest in higher education (46.4%)

7.5% of GDP (5th highest)

Question 17

Inflation?

Answer 17

-0.6% (2016

Question 18

Export partners?

Answer 18

US buys 28%
Hong Kong 8%
UK 5%
China 4%
Belgium 4%

Question 19

Import partners?

Answer 19

13% bought from US
7% China
6% Germany
5% Switzerland
5% Belgium

Question 20

Tariffs?

Answer 20

Average weighted tariff at 2%

Question 21

Military expenditure?

Answer 21

5.4% of GDP

US 3.3%

Question 22

GNI per capita?

Answer 22

32,215 international dollars

2011 PPP$

Question 23

Education expenditure?

Answer 23

5.9% of GDP

Question 24

HDI?

Answer 24

0.899 (19th)